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Discuss the following: acts of generosity, how we give thanks, how we can share with others, how to make the world a better place.

Create a list of ways we can say thank you (card, e-mail, announcement, etc.)

Write a letter to someone in your community who rarely gets thanked such as a crossing guard or the school janitor.

Talk about giving thanks, generosity and sharing.

Discuss what you receive from volunteers and how you can give back to your community. Take the time to thank these volunteers orally or with a thank-you note.

As a group, create an anchor chart about helpful gestures and about volunteers who are active in your community.

Write about someone you know who helps out in your community. Use the anchor chart to help you.

One Green Apple, The Day the Crayons Quit, Mirror, Bone Button Borscht

Mots-clés

Picture book , generosity , Jewish folktales , kindness , making a difference , pay it forward , relationships

Commentaire descriptif

With roots in an ancient Jewish folktale from Spain, this touching book features a young boy who helps out in his grandfather's busy bakery, where the best bagels in town are sold. When Benny's grandfather explains that God, not he, should be thanked for all the wonderful bagels his customers flock to buy, the boy makes it his mission to do just that. He decides to leave God a bagful of bagels in the synagogue at the end of each week. And each week God devours the bagels ... or so it appears. Rich language (“a little sunbeam danced into Benny's bedroom ... and tickled his eyelids until they opened,”) endearing characters, flowing dialogue and gentle watercolour-and-pencil sketches work together to produce a heartwarming tale about how helping people in need enriches our lives and how everybody, regardless of age, can make a difference in the world.